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Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Daily reports of the rising number infections and fatalities from COVID-19 are matched only by tightening restrictions on social interaction and the ever-increasing amount of money released from government and central bank coffers. How wide and far-ranging ...

Cash management account to shutter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... investment-related cashflow. Users could receive their salary, interest payments, dividends, distributions, share sale proceeds or rent from an investment property into the account. The product is set to terminate on June 30, after a review by CFS and ...

Early release better than SG freeze

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... and more effective." Coates added the early release provisions will help all, but especially high-income earners who have rent/mortgage obligations but can't access stimulus provisions such as the increase to NewStart rates.

Chief economist update: Water, water everywhere and not a fish to catch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... household is now working from home. I still have two adult "babies" living at home but I'm not complaining, they pay rent and help with the household chores - home-made freshly-cooked dinners are gratis. We're one of the lucky ones who can still ...

A man is not a plan: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... with balances that are persistently lower than men." WIS chief Sandra Buckley said women should not be asked to trade off rent allowance or wage increases for super. "For too long the structural inequities of the current super system have failed to take ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
US stocks are not expensive, despite their stretched valuations. In fact, it's all just a matter of "gravity" or the historically low interest rate environment, according to Magellan's Hamish Douglass. Speaking to a near-full crowd at the firm's ...

Industry-made retirement models are self-serving: SCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... people. "Existing models overestimate what most middle-income retirees will need, and fail to model scenarios for people who rent a property or are still paying off their mortgage, a category of people likely to increase in coming generations," SCA said. ...

Qualitas launches build-to-rent fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
Qualitas has launched a new build-to-rent fund, backed by the CEFC, with an environmentally friendly bent. Qualitas has launched a new fund that will finance the construction and management of energy efficient, low emissions build-to-rent residential ...

Lendlease, Canadian pension fund expand partnership

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... building in South London. In 2018 the Australian property giant and CPP Investments committed to a $2.6 billion Build-to-Rent investment partnership in the UK. This new agreement will expand the partnership with an additional investment of approximately ...

Costs spiral for baby boomers

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... with maintenance costs up 2.7%, water and sewerage charges up 2.9%, property rates up 2.5%, and fuel up 2.9%. Meanwhile, rent only rose 0.2% on average over the year. Not all state capitals suffered the same blows, with Hobart the worst off. Prices rose ...